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Responsible Investment and Exclusion Criteria: A Case Study from a Catholic Private Bank

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Responsible Investment in Times of Turmoil

Part of the book series: Issues in Business Ethics ((IBET,volume 31))

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During the last years, numerous cases of corporate misconduct have undermined public confidence in financial institutions. Especially during the recent economic crisis, the way financial institutes have handled their legal and ethical responsibilities came to be questioned. Dubious customer relation management and inadequate customer information have eroded banks’ reputation. The involvement of large financial institutions in various cases of business fraud during the last years, like insider trading, stock manipulation etc. (see Boatright 2008), has jeopardized the capability of banks for self-limitation and the self-regulation mechanism of markets (Aßländer 2005, Aßländer and Roloff 2004, Thielemann 2005, Thielemann and Ulrich 2003).

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    Michael S. Aßländer & Markus Schenkel

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  1. Dept. of Human Resources and Organizational Behaviour, University of Greenwich Business School Park Row, London, SE10 9LS, UK

    Wim Vandekerckhove

  2. Center for Ethics and Value Inquiry, Ghent University, Blandijnberg 2, 9000, Ghent, Belgium

    Jos Leys

  3. BI Norwegian School of Management, Nydalsveien 37, 0442, Oslo, Norway

    Kristian Alm

  4. Fac. Economics & Business, University of Groningen, Nettelbosje 2, 9747 AE, Groningen, Netherlands

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  5. Dept. of Business Administration, University of Bergamo, Via dei Caniana 2, 24127, Bergamo, Italy

    Silvana Signori

  6. Universität Stuttgart, Betriebswirtschaftliches Institut Abt. III: Allgemeine BWL und Finanzwirtschaft, Keplerstraße 17, 70174, Stuttgart, Germany

    Henry Schäfer

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Aßländer, M.S., Schenkel, M. (2012). Responsible Investment and Exclusion Criteria: A Case Study from a Catholic Private Bank. In: Vandekerckhove, W., Leys, J., Alm, K., Scholtens, B., Signori, S., Schäfer, H. (eds) Responsible Investment in Times of Turmoil. Issues in Business Ethics, vol 31. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9319-6_8

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